Unison members in England and Wales have voted 90.2% in favour of accepting the now revised changes to the LGPS following a ‘yes’ vote recommendation by their union leadership. The revised reforms now include maintaining current contribution levels for 90% of LGPS members, introducing a 50/50 ‘low cost’ alternative scheme for those low paid who wish to leave the LGPS, and moving from a final salary to a career average scheme. Nonetheless, the effect is still that members of the LGPS will work longer and receive less when they retire.
tor of the Work and Employment Research Unit (WERU), University of Hertfordshire. (Ref. 120494)
Unison members in England and Wales have voted 90.2% in favour of accepting the now revised changes to the LGPS following a ‘yes’ vote recommendation by their union leadership. The revised reforms now include maintaining current contribution levels for 90% of LGPS members, introducing a 50/50 ‘low cost’ alternative scheme for those low paid who wish to leave the LGPS, and moving from a final salary t
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